Table of contents:
- Install the official Android P launcher
- Add Android P icons
- Download Android P wallpapers
- Set Android P ringtones as ringtones
- Add the features of Android P
The Android P release date has already been announced last week. Despite this, few brands have confirmed the update of their mobiles to the latest version of the green android system. This does not mean that we cannot enjoy its features even if we have a mobile with Android Oreo or lower versions. In fact it is possible, and through simple applications. Today we will teach you how to customize your mobile as Android P in a simple way and best of all: without root.
Install the official Android P launcher
If we want to have the Android 9 Pie design on our mobile, the first thing we will have to do is download the official launcher of that version. A few weeks ago the boys and girls of the well-known XDA Developers forum extracted the original APK of the Android P Developer Preview 2 launcher. Downloading it is as simple as accessing the thread of the mentioned forum, downloading the APK file and installing it on our mobile device after activating the Unknown sources box in Settings. Once installed, we will select it as the default launcher.
Add Android P icons
What would be a good launcher without some good icons to personalize your mobile like Android P. The Android 9 update includes a good number of new round icons, in addition to those included in the latest version of Android Oreo 8.1. There are several Android 9 icon packs available in the Google application store, however, the one that maintains the greatest fidelity with the originals is the Pix UI Icon Pack 2. We can download them for free from the Play Store through this link.
Download Android P wallpapers
With the Android 9.0 update, several wallpapers were included as standard. Specifically, a total of 18 backgrounds with pastel and primary colors and with shapes that have little or nothing to do with reality. Black and dark backgrounds are also included for AMOLED displays. We can download them from this link. Later we will have to. decompress them with an application compatible with ZIP formats.
Set Android P ringtones as ringtones
The ringtones have also been renewed with the update of Android Pie. There are more than 60 tones included in this version, and we can set them as ringtones, WhatsApp notifications or even the system. We can download them from this link, although we will have to unzip them again with an application.
Add the features of Android P
Do you want to enjoy the features of Android 9 without having to install the latest version? As we have mentioned previously, there are many applications that imitate some functionalities of the mentioned version of the system, and in most cases we can download them from the Play Store itself. We leave you with the most interesting features to customize your mobile as Android P:
- Navigation bar: one of the main novelties of the latest version of Android with which we can control the system through gestures using a bar. You can see how to install it in the article we published a few weeks ago about the gestures of the iPhone X, which are almost traced to those of the green android system.
- Capture editor or Markup: another novelty comes from the screenshot editor. Now the application is much more complete and we can customize the screenshots without resorting to third-party applications. Again we can download it from XDA Developers.
- Secure lock or Lockdown: the new lock mode introduced in Android P. This is called Lockdown Mode, and it allows us to combine fingerprint unlocking with another type of unlocking for better mobile security. We can install it from the Play Store.
- Smart answers: Smart Replies were another of the most interesting novelties of Android 9.0. Thanks to these we can respond to motivations with predefined responses according to the context and content of the same. We can download it from the APK Mirror website.
- Custom volume panel: The volume panel has also undergone a major redesign. Now we can change the system volume depending on the application. New volume levels have also been added to modify it more precisely. It can be downloaded from the XDA forum.
- Smart rotation: the last of the news that has been ported to other versions of Android. This new function automatically detects when the mobile is horizontal and shows us an icon to rotate the application without having to activate the rotation in the Settings. It is also in the Play Store for free.
